The Arrogant Aristocrat — Rebecca Ashley

She brought herself up short. All this daydreaming was pointless. She, Daphne Brown, the virtually penniless daughter of a late Devonshire Squire, had come to London to seek employment, not high society. Lord Stranham would no more fall in love with her than he would fly.

And yet there was the evening at Almacks. And there were the invitations to Lady Drayton's ball. But even if such a top-lofty gentleman did conceive a tender, he was not likely to offer more than carte blanche...

Hero: Lord Mark Stranham
Heroine: Daphne Brown
Friend: Sir Robert Drayton